Comics recommendations for a returning reader
Hello everyone,
I’ve been a comic books reader since I can remember. I’ve also worked in the comics industry for a good chunk of my adult life.
At some point, right after the Civil War saga, I lost interest in Marvel Comics (and mainstream comics in general) and only read a few sparse issues here and there.
I’d like to be recommended some storylines I might’ve missed that absolutely deserve a read.
When I think about my favorite Marvel Comics the following comes to mind:
- John Romita Jr’s golden era Spider-Man
- Todd McFarlane‘s Spider-man
- Kraven’s Last Hunt
- Spider-Man Reign
- Venom Lethal Protector
- Byrne’s Avengers
- Byrne‘s Alpha Flight
- Byrne’s X-Men
- BWS’s Weapon X
- Texeira/Hama’s Wolverine
- Claremont/Miller’s Wolverine
- Morrison/Quitely‘s New X-Men
- Jim Lee’s X-Men
- Miller’s Daredevil (both the original run and Man Without Fear)
What I didn’t like about what I was reading right around when I left:
- storylines dragging for too long with padding that felt like a TV show trying to squeeze every penny out of an IP.
- issues that you’d read in 5 minutes where nothing happened.
- Events every other day. Every issues or arc had to be part of a multi-title event.
- characters getting morphed into their movie counterpart.
- writers/artists becoming superstars and series getting hyped through the roof ending up not being worth the cover price.
At some point I was only reading TPB’s where the whole saga/arc would’ve been concluded already and reviews/word of mouth would confirm it was worth reading.
Thank you for the help.
Best.